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It was an amazing experience for me to have this wonderful experience involved with a great choreography, ballerinas and excellent music. The ending was slightly different, tha happy one, than the typical kind, which is tragic. Nonetheless, I enjoyed it all the way.
This was our first ballet, and it surely did not disappoint. What a beautiful production!
The ballet was an unforgettable treat! Everyone danced so beautifully. It was magical watching them soar across the stage. What a wonderful thing, to be able to tell such a clear story through dance. Bravo!
I thought the costumes were pretty (but the white one had very obvious stains on it- not sure what that was all about). It was not a ballet of perfection. However, it was entertaining and my daughter loved it.
I took my 7 and 6 year old granddaughters to see this performance of Cinderella. They were concerned about watching a show "with no talking or singing". I explained that they knew the story so the dancers would be telling the story without needing to talk. They were convinced as soon as the dancers took the stage and didn't loose interest throughout the show. Great performance!
They are so graceful and well trained. To have 50 people dancing onstage and not hear any footfall is amazing. The best ballet company I've ever seen.
I enjoyed the story line and how well it was put together. Especially loves how much the kids around me enjoyed the show. Didn't enjoy the crazy concession prices.
I thought the show was fair. Cinderella and the prince were great. However, the rest of the cast was not that good. I expected for a Russian ballet more precision, less mistakes, more synchronization. The costumes were drabby. My friend and I sat in the orchestra with our two kids and paid a lot of money for a not so great show.
Took my mother and girlfriend to the National Russian Ballet's "Cinderella" for mom's birthday and they both loved it. Costumes were fancy and the companys rendition of "Cinderella" was true to the original with a few extra bits thrown in to make the piece feel fresher.
Great performance! Both Chopiniana and Romeo and Juliet were amazing!
The Russian National Ballet's production of Romeo and Juliet is the very first ballet I have attended. This was bit of an early Valentine's day gift to my wife who took ballet lessons for several years when she was little. I had to say I really enjoyed the production. The Balboa Theater is an intimate and very lovely venue for this type of an event. Thumbs up recommendation.
The performance by the RNB of R and J combined amazing technique and emotion. A must see!
Even though advertised as Romeo & Juliette, this was an abridged version of the ballet preceded by an extremely uninspired and technically inept performance of Chopiniana - a highly stylyzed classical ballet that should be performed only by dancers with technical mastery - none of whom were present in the Russian National Ballet. The corps-de-ballet was out of sync and couldn't keep their lines straight. The soloist stumbled and sweated through pieces that need technical virtuosity. Boring is a word I don't like using to describe a ballet, but it fits this performance to a T. The abridged version of Romeo & Juliette was better - the existence of a well-known storyline, a colorful costumes, and the somewhat disorganized cast placement allows for less than stellar dancers to perform this piece with sufficient quality. Yet, the piece felt exceedingly rushed and dancers performed it with a feel of wanting to be done with it so that they could go enjoy the San Diego weather - lyricism was lacking and the performance was as romantic as watching a lunar eclipse on a completely overcast night.
I enjoyed this and Cinderella. The costumes were gorgeous, the dance beautiful, and the sets great.
the 1st half was so boring and there was very little range of the moves performed. The choreography needed to be more diverse and the quality of the dancers were mediocre.
This is the ballet to see don't miss this great ballet
The ballet was entertaining and i would recommend this company for someone that just wants to see what a ballet is like. This obviously wasn't the 'A' company since the dancers were only so so. I have seen better.
My husband and I truly enjoyed the performance. The prince and the fairy godmother were really outstanding dancers. My husband really enjoyed the jester, but I was so busy watching everything else that I kind of missed him!
